Dr. Gawande Speaks on Quality and Disparities

Dr. Atul Gawande was the featured speaker at Monday morning’s MGH Disparities Forum, organized by The Disparities Solutions Center at MGH. He spoke about the “bell curve” of care, with the best performers at the top, the worst at the bottom, and the majority in the middle. As Dr. Gawande pointed out later in his [...]

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